Trumpeter 03710 HMS Hood model kit - 1:200

Trumpeter 03710 HMS Hood Battle Cruiser

British cruiser HMS Hood from the interwar period and World War II.

Plastic model ship for gluing and painting.

Modeling glue and paints must be purchased separately.

Trumpeter 03710 model in 1/200 scale.

Number of parts: approx. 1490.

The HMS Hood model includes:

- photo-etched parts (5 sheets),

- chain,

- metal propeller shaft parts,

- decals.

Dimensions of the cruiser model:

length approx. 1318 mm

Paints suggested for painting the HMS Hood model according to the instructions:

Dimensions of the Trumpeter 03710 model package:

142 x 43 x 14.5 cm.

The following items can be purchased separately for this model:

- Trumpeter 06641 metal barrels and propellers.

For the metal/photo-etched parts included in this model, we recommend purchasing:

Tamiya 87139 model glue for photo-etched parts,

Tamiya 87061 primer for metal parts.

A few facts:

HMS Hood was a British battlecruiser. It was the last and most powerful ship of its class built for the Royal Navy. The ship was launched in 1918 and named after Admiral Samuel Hood.

It entered service two years later. In 1923-24, this largest ship at the time made a voyage around the world. HMS Hood operated in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, participating in the Spanish Civil War in Spanish waters.

After the outbreak of World War II, it operated in the North Atlantic, and after the surrender of France, it was transferred to Gibraltar. In 1940, it took part in Operation Catapult, and a year later it sailed out of port with the battleship Prince of Wales and clashed in the Danish Strait with the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. After a short battle, the Hood sank, hit by a shell that caused an internal explosion in the stern, leading to the complete destruction of the ship.